Mental Health
Employers prioritise health while employees want financial support – WTW
Employers are prioritising health and wellbeing support for their staff while employees rank financial wellbeing as their most pressing concern, according to research from Willis Towers Watson (WTW). Its survey of 131...
Read moreParents overwhelmingly feel their child is not open about mental health – Bupa
Eight in 10 parents do not feel their child opens up to them about their mental health, according to research from a Bupa survey of parents and children. The research, which coincides...
Read moreKing’s Speech commits to cut NHS wait times and reform Mental Health Act
The new Labour government has pledged to cut NHS wait times, make the Mental Health Act fit for purpose and retrieve the Conservative's tobacco sale restrictions bill as part of the King's...
Read moreHealth Assured denies report it breached confidentiality of callers
Employee assistance programme (EAP) provider Health Assured has denied claims in a BBC investigation that it has breached the confidentiality of its users by allowing corporate clients to eavesdrop on calls. The...
Read moreWould Labour mandating group PMI solve UK plc productivity crisis? – analysis
Group private medical insurance (PMI) premiums are rising at such a level that some employers are considering ending cover entirely. But these companies are in a very small minority as the vast...
Read moreMaxis GBN appoints business development manager for Americas from MetLife
Maxis Global Benefits Network has appointed of Tamara Truta Amizic as regional business development manager – West US and Latin America as part of its Americas business development team. Amizic will...
Read moreLabour’s right to switch off will boost worker wellbeing, says BHSF boss
Labour's right to switch off will boost worker wellbeing and productivity, according to the interim CEO of not-for-profit health and wellbeing provider BHSF. The right to switch off is the concept that...
Read morePrioritising talking therapies cuts in-patient mental health claims 69% – Vitality
Vitality has seen a 179% increase in member use of talking therapies since 2019 which it believes has helped to cut in-patient mental health claims significantly. The insurer said during the same...
Read moreNot asking gay men to join five-a-side teams remains disturbing – Luke McKeown, Royal London
Luke McKeown, senior product governance consultant at Royal London, speaks to Health & Protection about remaining continued bias perceptions, genuine change taking hold in tackling unconscious bias and why the sector needs...
Read moreSwiss Life to offer Dialogue’s health and wellbeing platform
Swiss Life will offer its clients access to Dialogue’s health and wellbeing platform. The move is an extension of the existing working relationship between the two firms. Swiss Life Global Solutions said...
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